Mom Decapitates Her Three-Month-Old Baby

She said she was possessed by demons.

Deasia Watkins, 20, was charged with aggravated murder this week after after she beheaded her three-month-old daughter, Jayniah, and left the baby for dead on the kitchen counter at the child's aunt's home in Ohio. To add yet another disturbing element to this already horrific story, Deasia placed the kitchen knife in her daughter's hand after she did the unconscionable deed, perhaps because she wanted to make it seem like it was all a terrible accident.

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Although the incident was sadly no accident, there's a chance that it could have been avoided. Deasia, who was diagnosed with postpartum depression, wasn't allowed to be in contact with her baby after a juvenile court ordered on March 6 that her daughter be placed in protected custody. Jayniah was placed in her aunt's care but unfortunately that wasn't enough to save the child.

Jayniah's aunt let Deasia move in with her and the baby last week, according to Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters, which leads us to this chilling crime.

On Monday, a five-year-old child who was in the house found the decapitated baby and ran outside to tell a nearby male relative who then woke the aunt who was sleeping at the time.

In the disturbing 911 call the aunt can be heard shrieking "My niece killed her baby."

When authorities arrived they found Deasia in bed, covered in blood, wreaking of marijuana. When they took her deceased baby away, she "passed out with her eyes open," according to Cincinnati.com.

"This is one of the most disturbing cases I have ever seen in my life," Deters said. We have to agree with Deters on this one.

"It was pretty clear to the officers involved that she is suffering from some serious mental issues," added Deters.

James Brown, who authorities think is the baby's father, said that Deasia had been "acting crazy lately, speaking of demons," according to a court document.

But, Deters said, "No matter what the motivation was, the crime itself is so horrific that no one is going to be able to explain this."